Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) delivers remarks during the a hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on June 21, 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
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New proposals by the Biden administration would change how the U.S. census and federal surveys ask Latinos about their race and ethnicity and add a checkbox for "Middle Eastern or North African" to those forms. RussellCreative/Getty Images hide caption
New 'Latino' and 'Middle Eastern or North African' checkboxes proposed for U.S. forms
Suspending former President Donald Trump's account was the most high-profile and controversial content moderation decision Facebook parent Meta has ever made. Alon Skuy/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., center, with Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
U.S. Abrams tanks participate in a live fire demonstration during training exercises in Poland in September 2022. President Biden announced Wednesday that the U.S. will be sending 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. Germany also said it will be sending tanks. Omar Marques/Getty Images hide caption
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell addressed the looming debt limit problem during a press conference on January 24. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Former Vice President Mike Pence, shown here last month in Rock Hill, S.C., stored a "small number" of documents bearing classified markings in his Indiana home after having been "inadvertently" boxed up. They have been collected by the FBI. Meg Kinnard/AP hide caption
Penny Harrison and her son Parker Harrison rally outside the U.S. Capitol during the Senate Judiciary Committee's Ticketmaster hearing on Tuesday morning. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
The Senate's Ticketmaster hearing featured plenty of Taylor Swift puns and protesters
In this May 2022 file photo, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney speaks during proceedings to seat a special purpose grand jury in Fulton County, Ga., to look into the actions of former President Donald Trump and his supporters who tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Ben Gray/AP hide caption
A Georgia judge weighs release of a grand jury report into 2020 election interference
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A Georgia judge weighs release of a grand jury report into 2020 election interference
Jeff Zients removes his mask in this file photo from April 13, 2021. President Biden has decided to choose his former COVID-19 response coordinator as his new chief of staff, replacing Ron Klain. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
A sign held up by a demonstrator says "MOORE V. HARPER: A WEAPON TO OVERTURN ELECTIONS" at a December rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Mariam Zuhaib/AP hide caption
The Supreme Court is weighing a theory that could upend elections. Here's how
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1973 US Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision, in Tallahassee, Fla., on Saturday. Don Vonmoore/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden leaves Saint Edmond Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach, Del., after attending Mass on Jan. 21. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The News Corp. building in New York City, home to Fox News. Kevin Hagen/Getty Images hide caption
Since the Dobbs decision in June, clinics providing abortions in what are now restrictive states have had to reinvent what they do. Shannon Brewer, pictured here in 2019 at the Jackson Women's Health Organization, now runs a clinic in Las Cruces, N.M., where abortion is legal. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
50 years after Roe v. Wade, many abortion providers are changing how they do business
Abortion-rights protesters shout into the Senate chamber in the Indiana Capitol on July 25, 2022, about a month after Roe was overturned, in Indianapolis. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption
For those on Capitol Hill who would threaten a default as a means to compel concessions on policy, the destructive power of default is what makes it makes attractive as a tactic. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, the day the court released a report on its investigation into a leaked draft opinion in May 2022. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Protesters at the March for Life on Jan. 20, 2023, in Washington D.C. Eman Mohammed for NPR hide caption
At the first March for Life post-Roe, anti-abortion activists say fight isn't over
Clockwise: California Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee, Ro Khanna, Katie Porter and Adam Schiff are expected to battle it out for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat in 2024 if she retires. Porter is the only one who has formally announced a run, but Lee is expected to make an announcement soon, while Schiff and Khanna are still contemplating the 2024 race. Jonathan Ernst; Andrew Harnik; Chip Somodevilla; Apu Gomes/Getty Images hide caption
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer speaks about voting machine malfunctions at the county elections center in Phoenix on Nov. 9, 2022. Olivier Touron/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An Arizona official has a plan to speed up election results. Not everyone is on board
President Biden visited Aptos, Calif., Thursday, to tour damage caused by the recent series of storms. He told reporters he has no regrets about how he and his lawyers have handled the discovery and disclosure of classified documents found at his former office and personal residence. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
The Marshal of the Supreme Court is unable to identify a person who leaked the Dobbs decision, according to a Supreme Court release Thursday. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption